Safety-pin card or package



- UNITED S AT S Jmnnicn WALDES, or reason, 39min. i

SAFETY-PIN CARD on PACKAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JINDfiIoH WALDES, a citizen of the Czecho-SlovakRepublic, residing at Prague, inBohemia, have invented certain new'anduseful Improvements 1n Safety-Pin Cards'or Packages (for which I havefiled applications in Czecho-Slovakia, filed July 2, 1919, patented Apr.20, 1920, No. 16,931; in Austria, filed June 23, 1920, and in Germany,filed July 9, 1919), of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to devices for holding and displaying safetypins. 1

It iscustomary to attach safety pins to a card or strip of paperbyforcing the pointed members of the pins through the card or paper orthrough holes formed therein. This involves opening the pins and thenclosing them which takes considerable time, and furthermore when thepins are thus mounted one side member of each pin is for h the most partcovered or concealed and as the other side member is free the pins willnot lie evenly or flat on the card or paper, and thus their arrangementoften becomes distorted or irregular. Furthermore, when detaching thepins from the card or paper it is necessary to first separate the pointsfrom the guards before the pinscan be with drawn. This also takes timeand frequently the card or paper is torn or bro-ken during the operationso that some pins, which it was not intended to remove, are released.

' The object of my invention is to remove these objections, and this Ido by providing a holder for the pins which is formed with openings intowhich the pins, without being opened or unlocked, may be readilyinserted and from which they may be easily withdrawn. Preferablyopenings, holes or slits are so formed in the card or paper as toprovide loops through which the pins are passed and which serve to holdthe middle portions of the pins and other slits or openings are providedwhich form loops for holding the inner ends of the pins.

My improvements will be better understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows an elevation of a packageof safety pins embodying my improvements,

the pack- ,The guarded end PAT O IC Specification of Letteiisp atent. vPatented May 30, 1 922, Application filed August 21, 1919. Serial in).318,946.

The general shape of thepackagei's *oblong and the p i is folded form-abody.POrtionZ GOVQTB The Paper is also foldedatb to provideafold a whichforms with the body the inner ends of the overlaps the fold a so that isclosed the pins are all concealed.

In the fold a 1' form a series oflholes" e and partially-surroundingthejholes I form a series of curved slits f made in such mane for eachpin. I In the body 7 portion of the paper r m vide a series of ner as toprovide a series of loops 1 g, one

loops it. These are produced by forming slits z and semi-circular holesor openingsv m. In this way the loops are made more flexible and betteradapted to receive the pins while being inserted. I i

A holder of the kind shown may be easily made and the mounted therein.It is not necessary to open or unlock the pins before being inserted, or

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pins may be readily Each pin while being mounted has its iI 1-' Y ner orcoiled end insertedin an openingm,

then passed under a loop h and then inserted into a slit f and beneath aloop 9. This operation may be quickly performed and when the herdescribedthey may be displayed in an attractive manner and the loops 9and k.

exert such pressure or tension on the pins that they will always lieevenly on the paper and are not liable to accidentally move out ofplace. One or more pins may be easily with- H I drawn from the packagewithout disturbing the others and without danger of breaking ortearingthe paper.

My improvements may be applied to holders made either of cardboard orpaper and the package may be made without a cover if desired. While Ipreferably form the holes 6 to provide loops 9 andpreferably also useholes m instead of slits, very good results are obtained by employingslits in but when such holes place of the holes m, m are used theyprovide openings which facilitate the entrance of the pins the loops.

It will be observed by reference to Figure pin is held securely nearitsmid-f I 3 that the dle portion and near its inner end. It passesbeneath the loop h and through the slit f.

ofthepin lies fiat'upon the pins are mounted in the man 7' and a partthe pins some i the pocket.

upper portion of the body while the middle portion of the pin is, heldsecurely by the loop h. The inner portion of the pin is held by the loop9 and the inner part of the fold 0.

While I have shown the guarded ends of tion to provide a pocket for thecoiled ends of the pins, the body portion of the holder being slitted toform a series of loops through which the pins extend and the pocketportion being slitted to receive the coiled portions of the pm.

the pocket portion turned over upon the body opor-' 2. A holder forsafety pins made of flexible material folded to form a cover, a bodyportion and a part'turned over upon the body portion to provide a pocketfor the coiled ends of the pins, the body portion being formed withparallel slits to provide loops between them to receive the pins, andbeing formed with curved slits to receive the ends of the pins.

3. A holder for safety pins made of flexible material folded to form acover, a body portion and a part turned over upon the body portion toprovide a pocket for the coiled ends of the pins, the body. portionbeing formed with slits to loops and openings above the slits to receivethe pins and the pocket portion being formed with slits and withopenings below the slits to provide another series of loops to receivethe ends of the pins.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name. a

JlNDRICH WALDES.

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